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Marc Andreessen

43 statements across 17 episodes · 20 bullish · 11 bearish · 16 people on the record · first statement Aug 5, 2016 by Dhananja Jayalath · said 306 times in 126 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (105), David George (18), Mike Maples (14), Josh Browder (14), Anish Acharya (14), Zachary Bookman (9), Jason Lemkin (9), Bastian Lehmann (9)

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Everything said about Marc Andreessen, oldest first

Aug 5, 2016 negative
Opinion
Jayalath rejects Marc Andreessen's thesis that software distinguishes hardware winners
“I kind of don't think about it in terms of that. I think people buy experiences and people want to be part of experiences.”
Dhananja Jayalath Aug 5, 2016 ▶ 11:58 20VC: Turning Down Apple & Getting Funded By Chamath @ Social Capital with Dhananja Jayalath, Co-Founder & CEO @ Athos
Aug 21, 2017 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gross: Machine learning-enabled software will eat traditional software
“I think that there are going to be business models of taking AI and applying it to a vertical in the same way that you could literally take the advent of the database and apply it to a vertical. You know, software eats the world. Is a quote I think originally …”
Daniel Gross Aug 21, 2017 ▶ 21:24 20VC: YC's Daniel Gross on How YC Can Democratise AI & Reduce Incumbency Advantages, Why ML Enabled Software Will Eat The Software That Ate The World & Whether AI Will Produce Independent Companies or Be Technology within Incumbents
Oct 14, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Worklife Ventures is backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, and Eric Yuan
“But to our show today, and I've been looking forward to releasing this one for quite a long time now, and so I'm thrilled to welcome Brianne Kimmel, founder and managing partner at Work Life Ventures, a very new firm focused on the future of work, backed by so…”
Harry Stebbings Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 0:07 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
May 11, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Maples: Marc Andreessen's Mosaic browser created the market from scratch
“When Marc Andreessen invented the Mosaic browser, there was no market for browsers. The product defined the market.”
Mike Maples May 11, 2020 ▶ 7:54 20VC: Floodgate's Mike Maples on 3 Key Breakthroughs Startups Experience in Success, The Rise of Angel and Operator Funds, Multi-Stage Funds Re-Entering Seed Investing and The Insight Development Framework
Oct 1, 2020 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Boyle: Post-COVID trends will split between major infrastructure and communal living
“I think those are two prescriptions and two solutions that we're actually going to see coming out of COVID. We're going to see people building these intense infrastructure projects, or I hope we do, you know, sort of the Marc Andreessen, it's time to build. Bu…”
Katherine Boyle Oct 1, 2020 ▶ 39:35 20VC: What Is Founder Narrative Fit and How to Detect and Invest In It, How To Avoid Consensus Thinking When Investing, Price Sensititivity; When To Pay Up vs Stay Disciplined & From New York Times To General Catalyst; Why Venture and Journalism are Not S
Jul 19, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
a16z Growth Fund's investment committee consists of just three partners
“We have a three-person investment committee. It's Mark, Scott Cooper, and me for the growth fund.”
David George Jul 19, 2021 ▶ 21:21 20VC: a16z's David George on Leading a16z's Growth Fund Today, The Biggest Misconceptions of Growth Investing, How a16z Think Through Portfolio Construction, Investment Decision-Making and Scenario Planning & How The Entrance of New Players Has Changed Th
Jul 18, 2022 negative
Opinion
Des Traynor: Marc Andreessen's 'just raise prices' mantra is silly
“The idea of like just raise prices is silly. I think align price to value is the thing you have to do.”
Des Traynor Jul 18, 2022 ▶ 42:51 Des Traynor: How I Founded Intercom; Product Marketing Tips; Feature Creep | 20VC #907 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 6, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Casado: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz saved Nicira during 2008 recession
“Mark and Ben saved the company. We ended up selling that about four years later to VMware.”
Martin Casado Dec 6, 2022 ▶ 0:51 a16z GP Martin Casado: How I Went from Engineer to VC; Lessons from Chris Dixon | 20VC #956 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 7, 2022 positive
Opinion
Marc Andreessen is the smartest person Marty Cagan has ever met
“Marc Andreessen is literally the, I think the smartest person I've ever met.”
Marty Cagan Dec 7, 2022 ▶ 3:25 Marty Cagan: Product Lessons from Steve Jobs and Elon Musk; Why do we idolize engineers? | 20VC #957 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 7, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Khosla: I decided immediately to back Marc Andreessen and Netscape
“He was definitely intense. I remember coming out of the meeting calling John Doerr and saying, let's just do this. Remember, the internet was this ambiguous thing. It was one of these triggering moments I call instigations for me. That's what he was like. It d…”
Vinod Khosla Aug 7, 2023 ▶ 41:30 Vinod Khosla: How AI Impacts Healthcare, Energy, Geo-Politics, Media and Climate Change | E1045 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 8, 2023 positive
Insight
Biswas: Marc Andreessen uses a "barbell strategy" for information consumption
“So he's talked about this a little bit, but I think Mark spends time on X or Twitter and, you know, gets a lot of what's, what's going on in the moment. And then he reads some really old, old books, right? Like stuff that's maybe out of print and hard to find …”
Sanjit Biswas Dec 8, 2023 ▶ 1:02:37 Sanjit Biswas: Samsara's $18BN Market Cap & $1BN in ARR in 8 Years | E1092 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Marc Andreessen committed to funding Bastian Lehmann over a single phone call
“He pinged me actually, because a friend told him that I was working on something and he called me and I said, I don't even know if that idea is good. And he said he said, okay, like, you, Are you, do you want to do it again? And I said, yes. It's like, well, t…”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 29:46 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 6, 2024 bullish
Insight
Marc Andreessen: There is no upper limit on software pricing
“Marc Andreessen said to me, you want a big company? Charge high prices. You want a medium-sized company? Charge medium prices. You want a small company? Charge small prices. And there's a lot to that. He actually said there is no upper limit on the price of so…”
Zachary Bookman Dec 6, 2024 ▶ 3:47 Zachary Bookman: Why Valuations and Fundraising are BS | E1235 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 6, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bookman: Marc Andreessen walked out of board meeting exactly at scheduled end
“I scheduled a two-hour board meeting, and the board was opening up, a lot of give and take, big discussion going on, some important issue, so I decided to let it run, and at, you know, maybe it was 10 a.m. To 12 p.m. At 12 p.m., Mark literally just pulls his c…”
Zachary Bookman Dec 6, 2024 ▶ 56:50 Zachary Bookman: Why Valuations and Fundraising are BS | E1235 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 6, 2025
Insight
Maples: Marc Andreessen's advantage came from experiencing the future, not business skill
“Mark's advantage was not born of his experience in business. It was born of his experience with the future.”
Mike Maples Jan 6, 2025 ▶ 45:30 Mike Maples: Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups and Founders | E1242 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: Adam Neumann is a generational talent in real estate
“We got to know him after that. And, you know, as you know, like became, you know, thoroughly convinced or reinforced our view that he was a generational talent. And I think, yeah, we feel very strongly that that, that, that is the case.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 1:11:35 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 bullish
Disclosure
Andreessen: a16z Should Reflexively Back Every European Founder Moving to US
“One of my things in the firm is I say, we should back every single European founder who moves to the US. Like, we should just reflexively say yes.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 50:42 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026
Disclosure
Andreessen: Track record of convincing founders against overfunding is zero
“My track record of ever convincing any founder on this point, I think is zero, but I will keep trying.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 31:46 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 positive
Opinion
Andreessen praises Gulf State leaders as the most compelling political figures
“In the last five years it's the heads of, I would say in particular UAE Saudi Qatar Kuwait. There is something really special happening in those countries.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 53:16 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Insight
Andreessen: VCs do not need to like founders they back
“And so I say no, you don't, because I think, like, if you're trying to fulfill your personal emotional needs at work, like, I think that's a very fundamental problem, and you shouldn't try to do that.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 37:19 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Andreessen: More optimistic about the US than two years ago
“I'm a lot more optimistic than I was two years ago and I'm a lot less optimistic than I was 20 years ago.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 45:27 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Insight
Andreessen: Overfunding is more dangerous to startups than starvation
“More companies die from indigestion than from starvation which is overfunding is actually very dangerous to the operations of a company.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 31:18 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 positive
Insight
Andreessen: Upside on $5M seed check equals $500M growth investment
“Because as you know, the upside on the five million dollar check is every bit as big as the upside on a five hundred million dollar growth investment.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 30:27 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 neutral
Insight
Andreessen tests founder IQ by whether they take notes during pitches
“My personal formula is basically the follows, is basically as follows, which is you need high IQ as table stakes. Like, you just need somebody who's, like, incredibly smart. My basic test is if I have my notebook open and they're talking, am I, like, writing o…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 8:23 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: Mark Zuckerberg's lack of ego drives his rapid learning curve
“He's, like, listening and absorbing everything that people are saying around him, and he's going to be on a vertical learning curve like crazy, because he doesn't have the ego need to just, like, say things. He can just, like, absorb. And, of course, it turned…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 1:14:47 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026
Opinion
Andreessen wants to be remembered as an entrepreneur, not an investor
“Entrepreneur. I, and you know, Ben and I are lucky in that we've been able to, you know, A-sixteen Z itself has been an entrepreneurial project. And so yeah, I would, if I could choose, that would definitely be the one.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 1:15:57 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: Everything Sean Parker said in their first meeting was genius
“Everything Sean said was right, and it was all genius.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 1:15:22 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Insight
Andreessen: VCs almost never lead down rounds in other firms' companies
“No new investor wants to do a down round in anybody else's company. If you put the investor hat on and you're like, I'm going to go do a down round in this company, because I'm going to be the hero and save the company or whatever, because it raced too high la…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 32:40 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026
Insight
Andreessen: Some top founders are born driven, without childhood trauma
“Some of the best founders in history have no trace of trauma in their background that I can tell. And I'll just give you two examples. You know, Zuckerberg is one who, you know, grew up in a classic upper middle class, you know, New Jersey household, very, you…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 13:07 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Marc Andreessen drafts his major essays in just two hours
“Basically everything that you mentioned, the actual drafting in every case has been like two hours. It's just like, it's just rip it and go, but it's because it's because I spent the preceding two years getting increasingly frustrated.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 1:06:59 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Insight
Andreessen: Professionals should never bring their whole self to work
“We always say, do not bring your whole self to work. Like, whatever you do, do not bring your whole self to work.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 37:32 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Horowitz refused to distribute 'Extreme Ownership' to a16z founders
“I recommended to Ben when that book came out, I fell in love with it and I recommended to Ben. I said, we need to send this to all of our founders and like teach this. And he's like, Mark, you're out of your mind. Like our founders already have the problem whe…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 15:35 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 neutral
Insight
Andreessen: Core founder drive is a primal urge to build, not greed
“But I do think there's a more fundamental ambition, which is, I want to build something. Of my own that really demonstrate. I want to really demonstrate what I can do. And I have a very primal drive to do that. And, you know, it gets kind of, you know, you cas…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 11:02 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Insight
Andreessen: Learning from mistakes is uniquely pernicious in venture capital
“In venture, the same thing happens. If you invest in a category, or if you invest in a kind of company or you invest in a kind of founder and it doesn't go well, it's extremely easy to learn from the mistake, right, and to basically say, all right, I touched t…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 2:24 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Insight
Andreessen: Failed founders develop permanent emotional biases against initial startup categories
“The founder version of the mistake is if a founder starts a company in a category and the founder doesn't work, the founder is then emotionally angry at that category for the rest of his life and will not acknowledge when there's something that's going to work…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 2:01 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 positive
Insight
Marc Andreessen: Second chances are available in tech unless legal issues occur
“I think as long as you're still alive and as long as you've conducted yourself in a way that, you know, you haven't, you know, brought, you know, some sort of really fun, you know, some sort of fundamental, like legal issue on your head or something like that.…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 25:13 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 neutral
Insight
Andreessen: Founder drive is revealed by early DIY projects, not credentials
“And then what I find on that, that one in particular, well, actually number two and three, like you don't necessarily see them on the resume, but like you can generally see them in the background. I think if you spend enough time, you know, with people, you ca…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 11:22 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026
Insight
Andreessen: Founders dangerously misinterpret senior VC questions as direct orders
“You do have to be like really, really careful, I think as you get more senior in this field, be really careful both in your firm and also with founders, you know, God forbid telling them what to do, A B, suggesting what they do, which is sort of the same as te…”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 1:09:14 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: European politicians understand policy solutions but lack political courage
“The encouraging thing is, I think the intelligence level is probably higher than it looks. The discouraging thing is, you know, the courage part of it is probably not quite there.”
Marc Andreessen Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 54:24 Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 11, 2026 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Reyna: Tech companies are overstaffed by 25% or more
“You look at what Marc Andreessen was saying the other day, and, like, companies are overstaffed by 25% and even more, right?”
Carles Reina Apr 11, 2026 ▶ 41:18 ElevenLabs: Building an AI Sales Machine & Why We Set a 20x Sales Quota · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 18, 2026 positive
Opinion
Josh Browder would pick Marc Andreessen as his sole startup investor
“I think definitely Mark Andreessen.”
Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 1:33:48 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 18, 2026 positive
Insight
Browder: For-profit companies achieve 10x the impact of non-profits
“And Mark convinced me that the biggest organizations are for-profit entities, and you can have 10 times the impact of a for-profit company because the incentives are aligned.”
Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 16:40 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 18, 2026 positive
Opinion
Browder: Marc Andreessen is the most curious tech luminary
“I think he is the most curious of the luminaries.”
Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 1:33:55 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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